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Bar Pass Data Palooza: Here's a Look at First-Time Test Takers

The University of Chicago Law School had the highest first-time bar pass rate in 2017, but Stanford Law School was the biggest overperformer when it came to topping statewide averages.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Gov. Scott Signs 8 Bills as Agencies Pay Millions in Deaths, Injuries

Gov. Rick Scott signed eight bills last week that will lead to paying millions of dollars to resolve cases in which state or local government agencies played a role in people dying or getting injured.
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Are the Top Go-To Law Schools Preparing Tomorrow's General Counsel?

Corporate Counsel asked the top five schools on this year's list how they are getting students prepped to be in-house counsel.
8 minute read

Daily Report Online

Battling Cancer, Tommy Malone Is Cheered by His New Biography

The title is “Tommy Malone, Trial Lawyer: And the Light Shone Through … The Guiding Hand Shaping One of America's Greatest Trial Lawyers.” The author is Vincent Coppola, a former Newsweek reporter who has written five nonfiction books.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Savannah Law School Closure Yields Student Class Action

"Earlier today, we filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the students at Savannah Law School and are actively seeking justice on their behalf,” Stephen Lowry of Harris Lowry Manton said. “We hope to help these students secure an adequate recovery in light of this devastating turn of events."
3 minute read

Law.com

RIP, Law Schools. A Look at Closed Campuses

Six law campuses have shuttered or soon will close up shop, and more are likely to follow suit. Here's a look back at recent closures.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The 'Heckler's Veto' v. The First Amendment

When controversial speakers appear on campus, they frequently trigger violent and destructive demonstrations, sometimes leading to physical injuries and inevitable police arrests. The cost of securing the site from this violence poses an enormous problem for university officials.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Legal Community Remembers Zell Miller

Lawyers involved in government recall the former governor and U.S. senator.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Kline & Specter Lawyer Can't Contest Arbitrator, Court Says

After three other neutral arbitrators recused, Donald Haviland was unable to get retired Judge Mark Bernstein to recuse over ties to Drexel University's Thomas R. Kline School of Law.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Want a Job in Big Law? Go to School in New York

Many law schools had special relationships with certain firms. So for Columbia, it was Davis Polk with 24. Eighteen of the NYU grads and eight of the Cornell grads went to Paul Weiss. Six Fordham grads were chosen by Latham & Watkins.
6 minute read

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